UNIV - Clinical Assistant Professor - Psychiatry: Women's Reproductive Behavioral Health

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina is seeking a psychiatrist with interest and experience in Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry to join its Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health Division. The role integrates mental health care into Obstetrics and Gynecology through education, consultation, clinical services, and telepsychiatry. Clinical work includes medication prescribing and management, psychotherapeutic treatment, and collaboration with physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other professionals. The position includes teaching and supervising medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees, as well as opportunities for clinical research and scholarly work. The successful candidate may contribute to research initiatives, including participant recruitment, conducting clinical research, and sharing new findings and innovations. The division is interested in candidates who can help expand reproductive psychiatry services across the reproductive lifespan, including mental health needs related to menses and menopause. The role also offers the opportunity to participate in Moms IMPACTT, a statewide program supporting identification and management of maternal mental health and substance use concerns among pregnant and postpartum women in South Carolina. Faculty members collaborate with university leadership, medical directors, providers, clinical staff, trainees, researchers, and other schools across MUSC to support high-quality care, academic inquiry, multidisciplinary value-based care, and effective resource use. Faculty are expected to participate in Department activities and follow Department policies.

Requirements

MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from an accredited medical school.
Completion of a four-year adult psychiatry residency.
Board certification in Psychiatry by the ABPN.
Eligibility for appointment to the Medical University of South Carolina faculty as an assistant, associate, or full professor.
Strong record in clinical service, education, and research.
Valid South Carolina medical license and state and/or federal license for administration of narcotics.
Ability to maintain a valid driver's license.
Computer literacy.
Ability to work rotating shifts and overtime as required.

Nice To Haves

Formal experience and/or training in reproductive psychiatry in an academic medical center setting.
Clinical research interests in Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry.
Interest in expanding reproductive psychiatry services to address mental health conditions across the reproductive lifespan, including menses and menopause.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality clinical care to individuals proximate to reproductive life events.
Provide clinical services including medication prescribing and management, psychotherapeutic treatments, consultation, and telepsychiatry.
Provide high-quality clinical education to medical and non-medical trainees.
Teach and supervise fellows, residents, medical students, and other trainees.
Facilitate research initiatives, including participant recruitment, conducting clinical research, and disseminating new learning and innovations.
Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, other professionals, university leadership, medical directors, providers, and clinical staff to develop excellent services and clinical care, optimal outcomes, and efficient resource utilization.
Foster scientific and academic inquiry with trainees and researchers within the multidisciplinary team.
Collaborate with other schools across the MUSC system on multidisciplinary, value-based care models.
Participate in Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences activities and abide by Department policies.
Participate in the state perinatal access program Moms IMPACTT.